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2 Children Die After Being Pulled From Pool In South Jersey, Prosecutor Says 2 Children Die After Being Pulled From Pool In South Jersey, Prosecutor Says
2 Children Die After Being Pulled From Pool In South Jersey, Prosecutor Says Two children have died after being pulled from a pool at a Gloucester County home, authorities confirmed. Monroe Township police responded to a Woods Road home just after 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 26, where an 11- and 14-year-old were found and taken to a hospital, as previously reported by Daily Voice. FOX 29 spoke to the heartbroken mother from West Philadelphia after she decided to pull them off of life support. “I know they’re at peace, it’s just very devastating,” Brittney McWhite told the TV station. Chief Thomas Gilbert of the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office confirmed on Monda…

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by Jon Craig
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Teen Drowned At Suburban Philly Pool While Two Lifeguards Were On Duty, Family Says Teen Drowned At Suburban Philly Pool While Two Lifeguards Were On Duty, Family Says
Teen Drowned At Suburban Philly Pool While Two Lifeguards Were On Duty, Family Says What was supposed to have been a fun summer day took a horrifying turn for 17-year-old Kaylee Alston and her family. The teen went missing while taking a dip in an outdoor pool at the Franklin Commons apartment complex at Cardinal Drive in Bensalem on Sunday, June 26. Her family begged the two lifeguards on duty to search the pool, but they brushed them off, according to Alston's relative, Antoinette Wright, on a GoFundMe page. But the girl's family refused to leave before something was done and, after closing time, lifeguards found the girl's body in the water. The complex …

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by Nicole Acosta